Reinforcing-corner for receptacles



H. C. DORN AND H. A. LU'E-DKE.

REINFORCING CORNER FOR RECEPTACLES. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 16, 1920.

1,397,623. Patented Nov. 22, 1921.

UNlTED STATES PATENT orrics.

HENRY c. Donn AND HERMAN A. LUEDKE, or MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, ASSIGNORS To D an MFG. so, or MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION or WISCONSIN.

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Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Nov. 22-, 1921'.

Application filed February 16, 1920. Seria1No. 359,025.

ncation.

The present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in reinforcing corners for receptacles and has for one of its objects to provide a receptacle or con tainer having means for holding the receptacles firmly stacked one above another and to permit the convenient stacking Or removing of the receptacles and to reinforce the bottom portion of the receptacle.

Another object of the invention is to provide a receptacle in which the corner portions of the receptacles are reinforced by the means serving to maintain the recep tacles in stacked relation.

WVith the aboveand other objects in'view which will appear as the description proceeds our invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts substantially as hereinafter described and more particularly defined by the ap pended claims, it being understood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the heroin disclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claims.

In the accompanying drawing we have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of our invention constructed according to the best mode we have so far devised for the practical application of the principles thereof, and in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of one end portion of a container or receptacle provided with our reinforcing corner.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through one side wall of the container and illustrating the device as in stacked relation with another container depicted in conventional lines.

Fig. 3 is a perspective'view of one of the upper reinforcing corners, and

Fig. l is a perspective view of one of the lower reinforcing corners. 7

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing, the numeral 5 designates a wooden rectangular box-like structure having thin side wall portions 6 and heavier end portions '7 which are nailed or otherwise fastened togetherin any manner desired. The. lower corners ofthe receptacle are reinforced by lower angular channeled corner members 8, which are fastened to both the ends and sides of the box by rivets 9.

The upper corner edge portions of the box are also reinforced by upper angular reinforcing members 10, which are also con- 'nected to the box by rivets or other fasten- ,9; means 11. The upper reinforcing members 10 have inwardly offset and upwardly extending angular stacking projections 12, which are shaped to fit or telescope with the lower reinforcing corner members 8 and hold the boxes in stacked relations.

The reinforcing members 8 and 10 are each formed from a single sheet of metal and serve to substantially reinforce the corners of the box or receptacle 5. The lower member 8 is channeled as at 13 to receive the adjacent side and end portions of the container or box 5 as before described, and thus forms a firm brace for the lower corners. The uppermembcrs 10 are also struck from a single sheet of material and substantially reinforce the adjacent corner portions of the box.

What we claim asour invention is: 1. A devlce of the class described comprising a reinforcing corner, a raised portion an upper reinforcing member secured to a receptacle at each upper corner, inwardly offset and upwardly extending stacking pro ectlons formed on said reinforcing members,

and a lower reinforcing member secured to the receptacle at each lower corner and adapted to engage outside or and over the stacking projections of a receptacle disposed therebeneath.

4E. A-combinedcorner reinforcement and stacking device for receptacles comprising anupper reinforcing member secured to a receptacle at each upper corner, inwardly ofiset and-upwardly extending stacking projections formed on said reinforcing members, and a: lower channeled reinforcing member secured to thereceptacle at each,

lower corner and adapted to engage outside of and-over the stacking projections of a receptacle disposed therebeneath. I

5. A combined corner reinforcement and stacking device for receptacles comprising an angular reinforcing member secured to the upper edge 01" a receptacle at each corner, inwardly offset and upwardly extending angular stacking projections formed on said reinforcing members, and an angular channeled member'sec'ured to the lower edge of the receptacle at each corner, said stacking- JIOjQQtlOHS extending within the inner edge portions of said angular channeled memhere when a plurality of receptacles are superimposed one over the other.

Intestimony whereof, we afiix our signatures.

' HENRY'C. DORN.

HERMAN A. 'LUEDKE. 

